Moon Planting calendar of January

Happy New Year 2024 in the garden!

Do not garden after 11:25 AM (moon at apogee at 4:28 PM).

ORCHARD: The third day is suitable, outside of the frost period, for planting fruit trees. Prune the bare roots and leave the graft point protruding a few centimeters above the soil surface (the soil will settle, and the graft should not be buried). Place the stake not too close to the trunk to avoid friction injuries. Plant small fruit bushes (raspberries, currants, blackcurrants...). Prune old fruit trees. Prune the grapevine: one of the simplest pruning methods is the "three-eye" method, which involves cutting above the third bud from the base of each shoot. Propagate or layer the fig tree. Start the first treatments against peach leaf curl: spray Bordeaux mixture, nettle manure, or a horsetail decoction.

On this 2nd of January 2024, before 11:54 AM, on a fruits and seeds day:

ORCHARD: It's the 4th day, weather permitting, for planting fruit trees. Prune the bare roots and leave the graft point protruding a few centimeters above the soil surface (the soil will settle, and the graft should not be buried). Place the stake not too close to the trunk to avoid friction injuries. Plant small fruit bushes (raspberries, currants, blackcurrants...). Prune old fruit trees. Prune the grapevine: one of the simplest pruning methods is the "three-eye" method, which involves cutting above the third bud from the base of each shoot. Propagate or layer the fig tree. Start the first treatments against peach leaf curl: spray Bordeaux mixture, nettle manure, or a horsetail decoction.

After 11:54 AM, it's a roots day:

VEGETABLE GARDEN: Harvest scorzonera, salsify, horseradish, Jerusalem artichoke, leek, parsnip, and Chinese artichoke. Take precautions to mulch the soil so you can continue harvesting even in frosty weather (remember to keep a few healthy Jerusalem artichoke, horseradish, and Chinese artichoke plants for next year). Weed and thin out carrot seedlings. In the Mediterranean region, you can plant gray shallots, colored onions (on raised beds), and white and purple garlic in soil that is not too rich in nitrogen and hasn't had any allium plants for at least 4 years. Break up clayey soil into large clumps without turning it over; freezing weather will help refine the soil by breaking up the clumps. Remember to turn your compost and water it if it's too dry; if it's too wet, add straw. Remove potato sprouts and discard damaged tubers. Monitor the condition of vegetables stored in the cellar.

VEGETABLE GARDEN: 2nd day to harvest scorzonera, salsify, horseradish, Jerusalem artichoke, leek, parsnip, and Chinese artichoke. Take precautions to mulch the soil so you can continue harvesting even in frosty weather (remember to keep a few healthy Jerusalem artichoke, horseradish, and Chinese artichoke plants for next year). Weed and thin out carrot seedlings. In the Mediterranean region, you can plant gray shallots, colored onions (on raised beds), and white and purple garlic in soil that is not too rich in nitrogen and hasn't had any allium plants for at least 4 years. Break up clayey soil into large clumps without turning it over; freezing weather will help refine the soil by breaking up the clumps. Remember to turn your compost and water it if it's too dry; if it's too wet, add straw. Remove potato sprouts and discard damaged tubers. Monitor the condition of vegetables stored in the cellar.

On this 4th of January 2024, avoid gardening after 2:50 PM (lunar node at 7:52 PM).

VEGETABLE GARDEN: It's the 3rd day for harvesting scorzonera, salsify, horseradish, Jerusalem artichoke, leek, parsnip, and Chinese artichoke. Take precautions to mulch the soil so you can continue harvesting even in frosty weather (remember to keep a few healthy Jerusalem artichoke, horseradish, and Chinese artichoke plants for next year). Weed and thin out carrot seedlings. In the Mediterranean region, you can plant gray shallots, colored onions (on raised beds), and white and purple garlic in soil that is not too rich in nitrogen and hasn't had any allium plants for at least 4 years. Break up clayey soil into large clumps without turning it over; freezing weather will help refine the soil by breaking up the clumps. Remember to turn your compost and water it if it's too dry; if it's too wet, add straw. Remove potato sprouts and discard damaged tubers. Monitor the condition of vegetables stored in the cellar.

VEGETABLE GARDEN: It's the 4th day for harvesting scorzonera, salsify, horseradish, Jerusalem artichoke, leek, parsnip, and Chinese artichoke. Take precautions to mulch the soil so you can continue harvesting even in frosty weather (remember to keep a few healthy Jerusalem artichoke, horseradish, and Chinese artichoke plants for next year). Weed and thin out carrot seedlings. In the Mediterranean region, you can plant gray shallots, colored onions (on raised beds), and white and purple garlic in soil that is not too rich in nitrogen and hasn't had any allium plants for at least 4 years. Break up clayey soil into large clumps without turning it over; freezing weather will help refine the soil by breaking up the clumps. Remember to turn your compost and water it if it's too dry; if it's too wet, add straw. Remove potato sprouts and discard damaged tubers. Monitor the condition of vegetables stored in the cellar.

LANDSCAPING: If it's not freezing, plant deciduous flowering shrubs, flowering climbers, and bare-root roses (don't forget to prune). If not done already, mound the graft points of recently planted or less hardy roses; you'll remove the mounds in spring. Prune roses ("Christmas pruning") by cutting the stems to about 50cm. Trim summer-flowering clematis. You can start the winter pruning of wisteria: cut all the branches, leaving 3 or 4 buds on each spur. Set up rose hips; you'll graft them next summer. Prune lavatera. Protect hibiscus moscheutos and perennial bed plants: mulch and cover the more sensitive ones with winter protection. Plant hellebores and chrysanthemums.

VEGETABLE GARDEN: Check the protection for artichokes and prepare planting holes if you plan to plant more.

INDOORS: Plant or repot amaryllis bulbs, indoors.

LANDSCAPING: If it's not freezing, plant deciduous flowering shrubs, flowering climbers, and bare-root roses (don't forget to prune). If not done already, mound the graft points of recently planted or less hardy roses; you'll remove the mounds in spring. Prune roses ("Christmas pruning") by cutting the stems to about 50cm. Trim summer-flowering clematis. You can start the winter pruning of wisteria: cut all the branches, leaving 3 or 4 buds on each spur. Set up rose hips; you'll graft them next summer. Prune lavatera. Protect hibiscus moscheutos and perennial bed plants: mulch and cover the more sensitive ones with winter protection. Plant hellebores and chrysanthemums.

VEGETABLE GARDEN: Check the protection for artichokes and prepare planting holes if you plan to plant more.

INDOORS: Plant or repot amaryllis bulbs, indoors.

VEGETABLE GARDEN: If you haven't done so recently, force more chicory, either in the garden or in the cellar. Blanch dandelions. Prune lemon verbena, leaving 3 buds on each branch.

LANDSCAPING: If there's no frost, replant the container-bought Christmas tree. Outside the frost period, continue planting deciduous trees and shrubs, especially those bought with bare roots (for evergreens, wait until March-April, as they fare better when the soil has warmed up a bit). For hedges, staggered planting with wide spacing is preferable if you have enough space. Mulch to avoid competition between young shrubs and grass. Prune deciduous tall trees and take the opportunity to remove mistletoe. Trim bamboo and hazel trees.

VEGETABLE GARDEN: 2nd day, if you haven't done so recently, to force more chicory, either in the garden or in the cellar. Blanch dandelions. Prune lemon verbena, leaving 3 buds on each branch.

LANDSCAPING: 2nd day, if there's no frost, replant the container-bought Christmas tree. Outside the frost period, continue planting deciduous trees and shrubs, especially those bought with bare roots (for evergreens, wait until March-April, as they fare better when the soil has warmed up a bit). For hedges, staggered planting with wide spacing is preferable if you have enough space. Mulch to avoid competition between young shrubs and grass. Prune deciduous tall trees and take the opportunity to remove mistletoe. Trim bamboo and hazel trees.

On this 10th of January 2024, before 8:03 AM, during the waning moon:

LANDSCAPING: It's the 3rd day, weather permitting, to replant the container-bought Christmas tree. Outside the frost period, continue planting deciduous trees and shrubs, especially those bought with bare roots (for evergreens, wait until March-April, as they fare better when the soil has warmed up a bit). For hedges, staggered planting with wide spacing is preferable if you have enough space. Mulch to avoid competition between young shrubs and grass. Prune deciduous tall trees and take the opportunity to remove mistletoe. Trim bamboo and hazel trees.

After 8:03 AM, transitioning to the waxing moon:

VEGETABLE GARDEN: You can start sowing eggplants, as well as peppers and chili peppers, indoors at a warm temperature (20°C). Transplant them when they reach the 4-leaf stage and keep them warm until planting in May. Directly sow broad beans, except in cooler climates, and mound them when the plants are 30 cm tall. In the Mediterranean region, you can also sow tomatoes indoors in a warm environment.

ORCHARD: If you haven't yet taken grafts from fruit trees, you can still do so.

INDOORS: Indoors, in a warm environment, sow passion fruit seeds.

VEGETABLE GARDEN: 2nd day to start sowing eggplants, as well as peppers and chili peppers, indoors at a warm temperature (20°C). Transplant them when they reach the 4-leaf stage and keep them warm until planting in May. Directly sow broad beans, except in cooler climates, and mound them when the plants are 30 cm tall. In the Mediterranean region, you can also sow tomatoes indoors in a warm environment.

ORCHARD: If you haven't yet taken grafts from fruit trees, you can still do so.

INDOORS: Indoors, in a warm environment, sow passion fruit seeds.

VEGETABLE GARDEN: On this 12th of January 2024, sow some round radishes, short carrots, turnips, or even colored onions, all on a warm bed or under a frame. Once the plan for the 2024 vegetable garden is completed, determine the necessary seeds and buy them now; the selection will be more extensive.

On this January 13, 2024, avoid gardening before 4:35 PM (moon at perigee at 11:35 AM).

VEGETABLE GARDEN: It's the 2nd day for sowing some round radishes, short carrots, turnips, or even colored onions, all on a warm bed or under a frame. Once the plan for the 2024 vegetable garden is completed, determine the necessary seeds and buy them now; the selection will be more extensive.

ORNAMENTAL GARDEN: If you haven't done it in December, sow blue gentian, aconitum, and, in a warm place, semperflorens begonias (do not cover the seeds) and geraniums. You can also start your first sowings of annual flowers in a warm environment (heated mini-greenhouse or indoors): sunflowers, hollyhocks, nasturtiums, cosmos, marigolds, sweet peas...

VEGETABLE GARDEN: Sow cauliflower seeds indoors in a warm tray.

ORNAMENTAL GARDEN: 2nd day, if you haven't done it in December, to sow blue gentian, aconitum, and, in a warm place, semperflorens begonias (do not cover the seeds) and geraniums. You can also start your first sowings of annual flowers in a warm environment (heated mini-greenhouse or indoors): sunflowers, hollyhocks, nasturtiums, cosmos, marigolds, sweet peas...

VEGETABLE GARDEN: Sow cauliflower seeds indoors in a warm tray.

VEGETABLE GARDEN: If there's no frost or if crops are sheltered under a tunnel or cloth, continue harvesting lamb's lettuce, spinach, lettuce, wild chicories, as well as savoy, Milan, and Brussels sprouts. At home, in a sprouter or dish, sprout lentils, soybeans, chickpeas, and enjoy these young shoots rich in vitamins and minerals. In a tray, sow golden purslane, spacing the seeds well. Try small sowings of hardy lettuces in the greenhouse if the temperature reaches around 15°C during the day; indoors, you can sow head lettuces and cardoons.

On this January 17, 2024, avoid gardening after 9 AM (lunar node at 3:03 PM).

VEGETABLE GARDEN: It's the 2nd day for, if there's no frost or if crops are sheltered under a tunnel or cloth, continuing to harvest lamb's lettuce, spinach, lettuce, wild chicories, as well as savoy, Milan, and Brussels sprouts. At home, in a sprouter or dish, sprout lentils, soybeans, chickpeas, and enjoy these young shoots rich in vitamins and minerals. In a tray, sow golden purslane, spacing the seeds well. Try small sowings of hardy lettuces in the greenhouse if the temperature reaches around 15°C during the day; indoors, you can sow head lettuces and cardoons.

Before 5:13 PM, on a fruits and seeds day:

VEGETABLE GARDEN: It's the 3rd day to start sowing eggplants, as well as peppers and chili peppers, indoors at a warm temperature (20°C). Transplant them when they reach the 4-leaf stage and keep them warm until planting in May. Directly sow broad beans, except in cooler climates, and mound them when the plants are 30 cm tall. In the Mediterranean region, you can also sow tomatoes indoors in a warm environment.

ORCHARD: It's the 3rd day to take grafts from fruit trees if you haven't done so already.

INDOORS: It's the 3rd day to sow passion fruit seeds indoors in a warm environment.

After 5:13 PM, transitioning to a roots day:

VEGETABLE GARDEN: Continue sowing radishes, short carrots, and turnips in a well-exposed area, under a frame or tunnel, or on a warm bed. On a warm bed or under a frame, also sow summer leeks that you'll transplant in March.

Before 4:17 PM, on a roots day:

VEGETABLE GARDEN: Brief opportunity to plant garlic (purple and white garlic in temperate regions; under less favorable climates, opt for pink garlic) and shallots in loose soil that hasn't been enriched the previous year. Do not water. Continue harvesting winter carrots, parsnips, and winter radishes. You can start hilling asparagus in light soil, mulching or placing a transparent plastic sheet to accelerate growth. Take advantage of this day to work the soil in preparation for spring plantings. You'll have another opportunity to do these tasks starting from the 30th.

After 4:17 PM, transitioning to a flowers day:

ORNAMENTAL GARDEN: If there's no frost, plant bare-root flowering trees, shrubs, and roses (if frost prevents planting, keep the shrubs heeled in until a thaw to prevent the bare roots from drying out). Retrieve potted chrysanthemums that have finished flowering and replant them in the garden. Repot cyclamens and heathers purchased in pots in autumn. You can prune your bush roses to about 50cm, as well as clematis and all summer-flowering shrubs if there's no frost. Transplant hardy flowering perennials like pansies, wallflowers, and primroses, sheltered from the wind, to enhance your borders in spring.

INDOORS: Start forcing spring bulbs (tulips, daffodils, jonquils, crocuses) for early-season flower arrangements. Plant cannas and tuberous begonias in pots, indoors.

ORNAMENTAL GARDEN: 2nd day, if there's no frost, to plant bare-root flowering trees, shrubs, and roses (if frost prevents planting, keep the shrubs heeled in until a thaw to prevent the bare roots from drying out). Retrieve potted chrysanthemums that have finished flowering and replant them in the garden. Repot cyclamens and heathers purchased in pots in autumn. You can prune your bush roses to about 50cm, as well as clematis and all summer-flowering shrubs if there's no frost. Transplant hardy flowering perennials like pansies, wallflowers, and primroses, sheltered from the wind, to enhance your borders in spring.

INDOORS: Start forcing spring bulbs (tulips, daffodils, jonquils, crocuses) for early-season flower arrangements. Plant cannas and tuberous begonias in pots, indoors.

VEGETABLE GARDEN: Transplant the lettuces sown at the end of December or early January.

LANDSCAPING: Continue pruning deciduous trees if there's no frost. Clean the trunks of trees from moss and lichens that develop on them: brush with a not-too-hard brush and coat the trunks with clay. Carefully collect the debris and burn them.

Until 6:09 PM, on a leaf days:

VEGETABLE GARDEN: It's the 2nd day to transplant the lettuces sown at the end of December or early January.

ORNAMENTAL GARDEN: It's the 2nd day to continue pruning deciduous trees if there's no frost. Clean the trunks of trees from moss and lichens that develop on them: brush with a not-too-hard brush and coat the trunks with clay. Carefully collect the debris and burn them.

After 6:09 PM, transitioning to a fruits and seeds day:

ORCHARD: Continue planting fruit trees and small fruit bushes. Continue pruning operations for fruit trees, vines, kiwi, and small fruit bushes (remove all stems that have borne fruits in non-remontant blackcurrants and non-remontant raspberries; in remontant raspberries, remove only the part of the branches that bore fruits; for other bushes like currants, cut the oldest branches and air the center of the clump well). Apply fertilizer at the base of fruit trees and brush the trunks with a horsetail brush to remove moss and lichens, then apply a white oil.

ORCHARD: Continue planting fruit trees and small fruit bushes. Continue pruning operations for fruit trees, vines, kiwi, and small fruit bushes (remove all stems that have borne fruits in non-remontant blackcurrants and non-remontant raspberries; in remontant raspberries, remove only the part of the branches that bore fruits; for other bushes like currants, cut the oldest branches and air the center of the clump well). Apply fertilizer at the base of fruit trees and brush the trunks with a horsetail brush to remove moss and lichens, then apply a white oil.

ORCHARD: Continue planting fruit trees and small fruit bushes. Continue pruning operations for fruit trees, vines, kiwi, and small fruit bushes (remove all stems that have borne fruits in non-remontant blackcurrants and non-remontant raspberries; in remontant raspberries, remove only the part of the branches that bore fruits; for other bushes like currants, cut the oldest branches and air the center of the clump well). Apply fertilizer at the base of fruit trees and brush the trunks with a horsetail brush to remove moss and lichens, then apply a white oil.

Avoid gardening before 2:15 PM (moon at apogee at 9:14 AM).

ORCHARD: It's the 4th day to continue planting fruit trees and small fruit bushes. Continue pruning operations for fruit trees, vines, kiwi, and small fruit bushes (remove all stems that have borne fruits in non-remontant blackcurrants and non-remontant raspberries; in remontant raspberries, remove only the part of the branches that bore fruits; for other bushes like currants, cut the oldest branches and air the center of the clump well). Apply fertilizer at the base of fruit trees and brush the trunks with a horsetail brush to remove moss and lichens, then apply a white oil.

Avoid gardening after 4:15 PM (lunar node at 9:17 PM).

VEGETABLE GARDEN: It's the 2nd day to plant garlic (purple and white garlic in temperate regions; under less favorable climates, opt for pink garlic) and shallots in loose soil that hasn't been enriched the previous year. Do not water. Continue harvesting winter carrots, parsnips, and winter radishes. You can start hilling asparagus in light soil, mulching or placing a transparent plastic sheet to accelerate growth. Take advantage of these days to work the soil in preparation for spring plantings. Thin out turnip seedlings.